Feeling Strong

My day started as usual, dragging my butt away from my warm bed to go work out. I rolled over a few times thinking I wouldn't go, but then that little OTTO voice popped in my head telling me to get the heck up and to the gym. So...I did it.

Yesterday, I downloaded some Army cadences on my Ipod to see how they would work for me. AWESOME...reminded me of the good ole days and running in formation. You didn't dare fall behind or the guy behind you would run you over. Worse yet, in boot camp, you'd get yelled at and I didn't like being yelled at. I remember one Drill Sergeant, DS Moats. He was a short guy, probably about 5 foot 5 with his hat on....his favorite thing to do was to ball his fist up, and yell "Gosh Darnet it Private Whoeverwasintrouble" Which it was usually me in trouble. His face would wrinkle up and turn red and he would shake as he was yelling. For this blog, I have sensored the language he used. One day, we were out in the field and he was explaining to us how to read a compass. Another girl was a bit preoccupied with a tree and was picking the bark off of it. All of a sudden you heard him "G.D it Private Jones, you think your an effing woodpecker?" So, he made her stand at the tree with her steel helmet on and bang her head on the tree and repeat "I"m a woodpecker, I'm a woodpecker".....of course I thought it was funny and laughed which resulted in him immediately turning to me "GD it Private Moore, you think that is effing funny?" Which I replied "Yes, Drill Sergeant" so.....I had to stand next to her, banging my head on the tree repeating "I'm a Peckerwood, I'm a peckerwood" OHHHH those were the days. So, the cadence helped with my breathing and it helped me focus.

When I did my afternoon cardio, I decided to take a crack at running. Armed with my cadence songs, I ran a mile straight. Pretty good for me, normally I want to stop and walk fast or something, but I didn't until after the mile. I walked it fast until it was almost 2 miles and decided I need to hit on the bag. That was good, got my heart rate up.

The evening turned out to be pretty eventful with OTTO, the hairless wonder.
He asked me what we did yesterday, my reply was "I dunno, I just did what you told me to do"....it was shoulders...I gotta start learning this.
Tonight, we worked on the back....I did
Lat pull downs---- 4 sets of 70 lbs X 15
Seated Cable rows---4 sets of 50 lbs X10 with 10 full body extensions
Active rest between each set...running to keep the heart rate up and then exploding the last 10 seconds...
Lower back Ab Circuit---this was a million Ab exercises. When OTTO starts telling me, first, you are gonna do this, and then that and then this and then that and then after that this and then this and then that...you get the point.....I want to barf. I get a bit of sensory overload during this and he has to just push me towards were he wants me to go. He became the drill sergeant tonight and was yelling at me (which is what I need) to push me. After I was done, I looked around and there were a few people watching me...I didn't notice while I was doing it. OTTO does this relaxation thing for me after our workout that helps me catch my breath. Basically I lay on the floor and he counts back to 10 while throwing in positive affirmations and then leaves me to relax for a minute or two. I just lay there...today..when he walked out..I heard the girls in the room ask "Is she ok?" followed by "There is no way I could have done what she just did"...that made me feel good. He comes back, counts back to 1 and then I'm good to go.....which it's always followed by a high 5. :)

I added a bit more to my diet, I think it's helped my energy level and ability to focus more in the evenings.
I've very thankful that my husband makes breakfast for me in the mornings as I'm scrambling to get ready for work. He's been making my lunch lately too. I'm soooo lucky.
Today I had
730-1/2 bowl of Oatmeal-80
OJ with vitamins-160
930- Watermelon-70
1130-cheese stick-60 cal
1230-2 oz of whole wheat spaghetti with a bit of sause-250 cal
1430-Peach-70 cal
1630- Low cal wrap with 2 oz of roast beef, small amount of cheese, spinach, chickpea salad and 1 tablespoon of homemade guacamole. (this was soooo good) 200 cal
Pickle 5 cal
2030- Protein Drink with vanilla Almond Milk-204
Total-1099

So it's off to bed I go. Oh and YEAH Anna-Marie is going to have another class for us. I am uber excited!!! Saw Missy today...she is looking good and getting those Zumba moves down!